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San Rafael moves to update purchasing and public-works contracting rules; city manager authority raised to $100,000
Summary
San Rafael introduced two ordinances May 5 to update the city's purchasing policy and public-works contract policy, raising the city manager's informal contracting authority from $75,000 to $100,000 and clarifying how change orders and multiyear contracts are handled.
The San Rafael City Council on May 5 introduced two related ordinances to update the citypurchasing policy and the public works contract policy, actions staff said are timed to align with next fiscal year and the cityfinancial-system upgrade.
Director Navazio, the presenting staff member, told the council the key changes are an increase in the city managercontract award authority from $75,000 to…
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